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[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7674298#msg7674298 date=1296941541]i'm a newborn soul.

that's so wrong

make i post am- even a wall will know this isnt me:

You are tolerant, accepting, and willing to give anyone a chance.
On the flip side, you're easy to read and easily influenced by others.
You have a fresh perspective on life, and you can be very creative.
Nonconformist and nontraditional, you've never met anyone who's like you.

Inventive and artistic, you like to be a trendsetter.
You have an upbeat spirit and you like almost everything.
You make friends easily and often have long standing friendships.
Impulsive and trusting, you fall in love a little too easily.[/quote]Tpia, can you take it again?  If you feel that strongly, take it again and pay attention to your choices.  It only takes 5-10mins.  Seriously.  I'd love to see if you get the same thing.  
Yeah, I know, I scolded Kilode for it.  Life isn't fair.  hahahahah.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7673998#msg7673998 date=1296937779]You Are a Visionary Soul
Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What kind of methodology are they using, they gave a confirmed Sango + Ogun believer this?!!:[/quote]

Kilode?!, You Are a Peacemaker Soul
Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul

Yea I did it 3 times and I got peacemaker twice.

Why'd you do it more than once?  Which one did you do first?  I am going to have to disqualify your result.

P.S. I also agree you are a PEACEMAKER SOUL no matter how tough you think you are.

OAM4J:
lol I know nothing is wrong with 30 or 40 or 80 or any other figure, it's just a number

And my coolness got nothing to do with any number, been cool like that since 1931

Bluetooth started the guessing game yesterday from 50 and now fstranger is reducing it to 40

Hope you worth the prize sha, cos all these is cos of you, they are just looking for ways to disqualify me

He thought am responsible for the ban cos he knows Mukina2 (supermoderator) is my babe (1st wife)

Spikycylinder (another moderator) is my second wife and Jennykadry (my 3rd wife) is Seun (admin)'s ex, and Seun still does everything she wants

[s]You are going to be my 4th wife here, dont worry you'll be the last , just got to stop with you cos my energy level is no longer as it was when Nigeria got independence.  [/s]

Don't mind Fstranger.  He attacks everyone.  He still has not apologized for attacking me numerous times.  I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that apology. 

fstranger6:
You reported me

And now they banned me!

So I was right?

Hey, they didn't give you a reason? Well, you-know-who was going to report you , and she told you to your "face." Nothing underhanded there, if so.

They have to give a reason, right? Oh, well, you know how this goes better than I. I'm sure you can still post with your other monikers.

debosky:
You Are a Seeker Soul
You are on a quest for knowledge and life challenges.
You love to be curious and ask a ton of questions.
Since you know so much, you make for an interesting conversationalist.
Mentally alert, you can outwit almost anyone (and have fun doing it!).

Very introspective, you can be silently critical of others.
And your quiet nature makes it difficult for people to get to know you.
You see yourself as a philosopher, and you take everything philosophically.
Your main talent is expressing and communicating ideas.

Souls you are most compatible with: Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul

Dunno about the ideas bit, but the rest is a bit on point.

Neat!  See? There is no losing in this game.  All the results are good.  No "serial killer" soul 

So this reminds me of the song, The Seeker, written and performed by Dolly Parton.  Yup, before and during the creation of the over-the-top image, she was a prolific songwriter and talented singer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPI6u8lsODw
The Seeker by Dolly Parton

I am a seeker
A poor sinful creature
There is no weaker than I am
I am a seeker
You are a teacher
You are a reacher
So reach down
Wont you reach out and lead me
Guide me and keep me
In the shelter of your care each day
Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Wont you show me the way

I am a vessel that's empty and useless
I am a bad seed that fell by the way
I am a loser that wants to be a winner
And you are my last hope
Don't turn me away

Chorus:

I am a seeker
A poor sinful creature
There is no weaker than I am
I am a seeker
You are a teacher
You are a reacher
So reach down
Wont you reach out and lead me
Guide me and keep me, lord
In the shelter of your care each day
Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Wont you show me the way

Oh, I know you are a mountain
From which there flows a fountain
So let it's water wash my sins away
Cause I am a seeker
You are a keeper
You are the leader
Wont you show me the way

OAM4J:
40? hahahaha lol Where did you get that from?

My profile says 80

Nothing wrong with 40.  That's a good age. 

Actually, if true, your coolness factor just went into the stratosphere.*   

*Okay.  Not really.

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg7670239#msg7670239 date=1296888116]http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsoulareyouquiz/
What Kind of Soul are You?[/quote]Results so far.  Will update as more people take the quiz.

Isale Gangan - Visionary Soul
Dayokanu - Old Soul
FStranger1 - Hunter Soul
OAM4J - Prophet Soul
Debosky - Seeker Soul
Kilode? - Peacemaker Soul?
Tpia - ??Newborn Soul??
Naijababe -

OAM4J:
OAM4J

You Are a Prophet Soul

You are a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone.
Selfless and kind, you have great faith in people.
Sometimes this faith can lead to disappointment in the long run.
No matter what, you deal with everything in a calm and balanced way.

You are a good interpreter, very sensitive, intuitive, caring, and gentle.
Concerned about the world, you are good at predicting people's feelings.
A seeker of wisdom, you are a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning.
You are a great thinker and communicator, but not necessarily a doer.

Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul

. . . interesting

hahahha.  Isn't that a cool quiz? Thare are so many different souls.  I just remembered.  In the past, I actually scored "Prophet soul." I just forgot. ah!  

dayokanu:
The only thing I enjoyed was knowing you are a perfect fit for me and stranger is what he is a stranger.

So Isale gangan lets start making Nikkah plans

hahahaha. I bet you believe in zodiac signs too, huh? What about tarot cards?

To be honest, I never noticed it had a compatibility feature. I just always wanted to know all the various soul types.

fstranger1:
Hello Awesome Fstranger:

You Are a Hunter Soul
You are driven and ambitious - totally self motivated to succeed.
Actively working to achieve what you want, you are skillful in many areas.
You are a natural predator with strong instincts,  and more than a little demanding.
You are creative, energetic, and an extremely powerful force.

An outdoors person, you like animals and relate to them better than people.
You tend to have an explosive personality, but you also have a good sense of humor.
People sometimes see you as arrogant or a know it all.
You tend to be a bit of a loner, though you hate to be alone.

Souls you are most compatible with: Seeker Soul and Peacemaker Soul


Somewhat true

I guess once a sagittarian always a sagittarian

Ha!  Stranger. That is totally you!  At least on NL. I didn't even know there was a "Hunter Soul."  All the people I had take it before were mostly girls and none of us scored "hunter."    

We still need more people to take it.   I want Tpia to take it tomorrow.

dayokanu:
Dayokanu

You Are an Old Soul
You are an experienced soul who appreciates tradition.
Mellow and wise, you like to be with others but also to be alone.
Down to earth, you are sensible and impatient.
A creature of habit, it takes you a while to warm up to new people.

You hate injustice, and you're very protective of family and friends
A bit demanding, you expect proper behavior from others.
Extremely independent you don't mind living or being alone.
But when you find love, you tend to want marriage right away.

Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul and Visionary Soul

That means we are compatible, Lets start making marriage plans

hahahaha.  Didn't you enjoy that?  We need more people to take the quiz.  I am curious. 
:::Wondering how many times DK took the quiz before he got the desired result. hmm:::

dayokanu:
video

DK,
Take the fun quiz:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=590933.msg7670239#msg7670239

fstranger1:
Tai Solarin had all of the above and he was a non believer/non spiritualist?

I just found it online while looking for something else.

You want to have a religious debate?  I just like lists!  hahaha

Something to ponder.

Ten Character Traits of the Spiritually Advanced
1. Trust
2. Honesty
3. Tolerance
4. Gentleness
5. Joy
6. Defenselessness
7. Generosity
8. Patience
9. Faithfulness
10. Open-mindedness

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hXY02rXjkdoJ:www.circleofa.org/articles/TenCharacterTraits.php+10+traits+of+an+assassin&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7670223#msg7670223 date=1296887895]@bullying story

Isale, I'm reading that bullying story and wondering how come we don't bully foreign students in Nigeria?

I remember had a few Indians at my local Nigerian Secondary school and they were treated like kings( Indians o!) I'm sure the practice of sucking-up to foreigners( especially those with lighter skin tones) is very common in Nigeria.

So are we that nice or dangerously color-stuck?

I ask because I'm not sure we won't bully ghanaians like that, not sure

Do you think this bullying of foreign students(sometimes done by black students) in America has something to do with racism and self-hate?

The oppressed looking for someone apparently lower than herself to oppress?

I know whites do it too #justsaying[/quote]I know.  Nigerians love foreigners too much.  I remember my secondary school in Lagos as well - any student that was in any way diferent was the one everyone wanted to befriend.  Be it "half-caste" or whatever.  We just like people who are different.  Most cultures are not like that.  Americans certainly are not like that.  I believe that boy was bullied because he was a good kid who didn't dress ghetto and was obviously going somewhere in life.  I couldnt find a video of the longer interview but the older sister says she's goiing to become a doctor and the boy has big aspirations as well. 

To answer your questions directly:
- Yes, we are colorstruck;
- but we wouldn't treat Ghanaians like that - not the ones on school with us anyway.  Despite all the Ghana must go drama.  That was something entirely different.  It would take another post for me to elaborate on that.
- Unfortunately there is a different culture with AAs.  They pick on their own too.  There were stories of smart kids hiding their ambition from their fellow students for fear of being considered an oreo - that is black on the outside but white on the inside.  Many notable AAs recount stories of being challenged by other kids on why they speak proper English instead of talking like the other kids in school and in the neighborhood. Now that you have a growing African population attending school with them, it's just one more layer -  one more ting to pick on.  The boy said they made fun of his mother because she is African and of the way she talks.

P.S. Oyinbos do a lot of bullying too.  Actually, that is where AAs learn it, as far as I'm concerned.

I like the quizzes on this site.  I took this twice before and the result was always "Philosopher   Prophet soul."  But this time I'm not sure if I've moved up or down.  But I like it!  I'd like 5 to 12 people to take it and post their result; it's a fun and short quiz.  The other type of souls include: Warrior Soul, Peacemaker Soul, Old Soul, Philosopher Soul, etc.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofsoulareyouquiz/
What Kind of Soul are You?

Isale-Gangan
You Are a Visionary Soul
You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.
Connected to all things spiritual, you are very in touch with your soul.
You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.
Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings.

You have great vision and can be very insightful.
In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.
Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.
You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer.

Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

More quizzes/topics: http://www.blogthings.com/topics/

fstranger1:
Jenifa, from Latvia: We hate you gay! Welcome to Nairaland.  I enjoy sparring with you.  You are a worthy adversary.  All in good fun.  Ciao!

Fixed.

Tpia, so you want to talk about Iraq?

Here's something else we can talk about. It's this whole concept of Alpha, Beta and Omega males.  Just something interesting to ruminate over.  I remember watching a tv program where they spent an inordinate amount of time comparing and contrasting Alpha and Beta males and which ones are more successful yada yada.  After all the statistics and the expert testimony and the research, they concluded that it was really the female that did the choosing so it didnt really matter what the guys did in the end.  hahahaha.

So here's something on the whole premise of the different male types.  Personally, I find it simplistic.  If you click the link below, the discussion/commentary following the article is quite illuminating. One other thing is the percentages they cite is based on American population.  I bet the 15/70/15 breakdown would not be correct is applied to a different society.  I would imagine with Nigerians the Alpha male types would be more than 15% - that is, if I took the whole thing seriously.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sEuMi3oIDwEJ:www.halfsigma.com/2007/01/alpha_beta_and_.html+alpha+beta+males&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com

Alpha, beta, and omega males
The term "alpha male" comes from the observation of herd and/or pack animals, such as wolves. In the typical animal social group, one male animal is the leader, the alpha male, and he is generally the only male who gets to breed with the females in his harem.

In these types of animal societies, there's a simple alpha/beta dichotomy of males. Alphas pass on their genes to the next generation, and betas don't unless they are lucky enough to be around a female in heat when her alpha male guardian isn't around. Then he can violation her and run away. The majority of males are betas who never father any young.

The alpha/beta dichotomy doesn't work for human males. Modern society is mostly monogamous, but with a certain amount of polygamy such that there aren't enough women to go around for every man. See my post on the woman shortage for demographic evidence.

Human males are best divided into three groups: alpha, beta, and omega. The identification of alpha males in human society isn't as clear cut as it is in an animal herd where anyone with a pair of binoculars and patient observation can identify the single alpha male in the herd. There's no bright line that seperates an alpha male human from a beta, or a beta male human from an omega.

However, one can approximate that 15% of men are alpha males who have greater success with women than average beta males. Beta males comprise approximately 70% of the population, and they are the average men who find wives, get married, and start families. If their wives cheat on them while they are married, it's probably an alpha male whom they would be cheating with.

At the very bottom of the human male hierarcy are the 15% who are omega males, the ones who are unable to find a women for a healthy normal relationship because their desirability is too low given the existence of a woman shortage. It naturally follows that if there are 117 single men for every 100 single women, then the least desirable men won't be able to find any women.

The term "beta male" has more common usage than "omega male," so I see a lot of people using the term "beta male" for men who are really omega males. But that's not going to happen any longer at this blog. 

Nigeria/Africa Abroad news

I saw this story on a tv show, and decided to find an article that summarizes it. It's about a good kid who is continually harassed and physically assaulted by ne'er-do-wells at his school.  I imagine this is a problem that a lot of "bookworms" and smaller kids will experience in American schools.  It is a fact that Nigerians are aspirational, and statistics support that children of Nigerians in the US are amongst the highest achievers scholastically.  I thought this story would apply, since some Nigerian parents and their children may very well be dealing with this bullying and ostracization issue.  On a personal note, I've heard stories from a few people who came to the USA and had to complete their secondary school education here, so I am thankful I didn't have to deal with that.

Video clip: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7938437

News and video:  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20110203_DeSean_Jackson_gives_jersey_to_bullied_boy_on_The_View.html

Newspaper article below: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/us/02bully.html?_r=1

7th Youth Arrested in Bullying of Teenager in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A seventh teenager was arrested on Tuesday in a bullying incident in which a 13-year-old student was kicked and beaten before being hung by his coat from a spiked fence post, the police said.

The attack on the 13-year-old boy, whose family came to the United States to escape the war in Liberia in 2000, was recorded on video by one of the suspects.

The boy, Nadin Khoury, was left suspended from the seven-foot-high fence on Jan. 11 after being dragged, punched, kicked and placed upside down in a tree in Upper Darby, a Philadelphia suburb, said Superintendent Michael Chitwood of the Upper Darby Township Police.

The attack took place about 1 p.m. outside an apartment building about a mile from the Opportunity Center, a public school for students with behavioral problems. All seven suspects and Nadin attended the school, Superintendent Chitwood said.

Nadin was bruised but not otherwise injured in the attack.

The suspects, whose ages range from 13 to 17, face charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment, terroristic threats and conspiracy. If convicted, they face probation or time in a juvenile detention center, Superintendent Chitwood said. Two of the suspects have prior convictions for assault.

Six of the suspects were arrested at school on Monday morning and led away in handcuffs in an operation intended to demonstrate to other students that bullying can lead to criminal charges, the superintendent said.

Nadin’s mother, Rebecca Wright, said her son was picked on because her appearance and accent set her apart from other blacks. Ms. Wright, 38, who has two other children, said she had left Liberia to escape the civil war there, which had resulted in “terrible stuff” happening to her and her family.

“One of the reasons I came to the U.S. was that these horrible things wouldn’t happen to us,” she said. “When I came to the U.S., I was very happy.”

Ms. Wright said Nadin had bruises “all over him.” She said he had been bullied twice before, by the same suspects and others.

The Upper Darby School District’s superintendent, Louis F. DeVlieger, defended the Opportunity Center, saying it had a successful record in rehabilitating most students who were placed there.

“However, apparently the students taken by the police today chose to continue to make bad decisions that ultimately resulted in their arrests and removal from school,” Mr. DeVlieger said in a statement issued on Monday.

dayokanu:
Isale gangan which thread are yu talking about?

DK,
Did you see it?  Not the one by Stranger o; it's this one: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=593966.msg7654316#msg7654316

(It was only supposed to include only those who posted in the thread, but your behaviour is too outrageous not to be included in there.   )

OAM4J is still haunted by it.  That is why he's hunting me. 

OAM4J:
Noted.

OAM4J:
^^No biggie.

Don't! Patronise!! Me!!!

OAM4J:
Noted.

FML!

I'll toss my name in the hat.

How do you decide? 
- A raffle?
- A fight to the death between the potential adopters?
- Whoever can demonstrate the most patience, proving they can handle a problem child such as yourself?
- Whoever has the most money to buy you gifts?

fstranger1:
Absolutely nothing!
You are just his older sister. I dont think there is an superstitious belief attached to something like that!

Easy for you to say! Meanwhile, he can barely count to 10. hahahaha.

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663727#msg7663727 date=1296784629]i personally do not know anyone with 7 husbands.

in nigeria.[/quote]I'm guessing she'd stop marrying after the second or third one dropped dead. Or the men in the town would run and hide when they see her coming. So she wouldn't need to have seven. It would mean that all her husbands up to the 7th one would kaput! But you could never really challenge it cos you would not get as far as the 8th. Makes sense? Tricky tricky, them Yoruba taboos.

fstranger1:
Nah,

If a girl were to fall from her mother's back, her first seven husbands would die. That is if the normal rituals were not performed.

It has nothing to do with male children!

I dropped my little brother on his a head a coupl'a times.  What does that mean?  

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=590933.msg7663706#msg7663706 date=1296784215]fstarnger's lack of knowledge on all things Nigerian.[/quote]You just can't sense danger, can you, Jenifa?  

:::Trying to come up with an appropriate proverb to crystallize this moment in time.  Fail:::

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663668#msg7663668 date=1296783556]^^ most of them usually run away as soon as they hear the words "third husband".

no, i'm not in naija though i was supposed to go there this year. As for america, china is the new united states, so hasta la vista.[/quote]China?  Sounds rough?  Don't want to have to learn Chinese.  Not one bit!

fstranger1:
Not me!

I'd love to know what happened to the other two though?

Did you fall from your mother's back when you were younger? You know what I am talking about, dont you?

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663690#msg7663690 date=1296783877]i meant the superstition says male children, not female babies.[/quote]Refresh my memory.  If you fall from your mother's back. . . you can't stay married?

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663646#msg7663646 date=1296783101]oops.

forget i said that.

i meant fstranger is chasing skirts everywhere.[/quote]

fstranger1:
Who else have I chased?

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=590933.msg7663654#msg7663654 date=1296783264]here :

Katsumoto  -  I did nothing; he's just playing
Bluetooth - Don't think so; he's just playing
OAMJ - He's a tard  Grin; he's just playing
DayoKanu - We've been thru this; he's a troublemaker  Smiley
Buzegee - He's my buddy
SEFAGO - How could you?  Angry[/quote]Jenifa, darling?  Have you been drinking?  

P.S. I mean, when did you ask me the identity of Oga Kilode's "secret admirer"?  And that list is all of Stranger's making.  Don't mind him.

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663627#msg7663627 date=1296782873]fstranger keeps crushing on you so i can barely make head or tail of whatever's going on.[/quote]hahahaha.  

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663640#msg7663640 date=1296783024]down under is indeed down under right now.

plenty of nigerians over there but there's nothing like the west and nigeria be it e'er so far away.

doesnt mean i wont show up back in aussie later though.[/quote]So you're in Naija right now?  You wanna come to America?  Stranger is a citizen, and he volunteers to marry you to bring you over here.  Yes, I'd say "yes."

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=590933.msg7663561#msg7663561 date=1296781756]i'm stalking you.
fstanger is stalking me. [/quote]Heaven help you!

[quote author=tpiah! link=topic=590933.msg7663589#msg7663589 date=1296782326]jenifa, what's the deal with you and kilode.[/quote]

lol. just wanted to know who his secret admirer is. you know I asked isale gan the question.

When?  

fstranger1:
She loves him, but too shy to make her feelings known.

Typical puccy

[quote author=Jenifa_ link=topic=590933.msg7663600#msg7663600 date=1296782477]well, of course he is my love. and i demand to know who the isale gan secret admirer is!! [/quote]

fstranger1:
Too bad, Yorubas dont play away. they have self pride and almost always marry from their own, unlike Latvians of course.

Don't mind Ftranger, Jenifa.  He probably wants you for himself.

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=590933.msg7660807#msg7660807 date=1296749035]I'm glad you noticed that "jo" vs "jor" business on NL. Observant! +1.

If I had any doubts about your Ijinle Yoruba abilities, it's hereby removed.

Although I kinda suspect folks got that spelling from Nigerian pidgin English or from my Mid-west people, I've always wondered about it's popular usage on NL.[/quote]I think you're right. But, hey, kids today!  They want to come up with their own language. . . .?  :::shrug:::  

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=590933.msg7661386#msg7661386 date=1296754195]jor is fancier than jo.[/quote]Hey, Tpia,
What's Australia like?  Do you like it?  Do you run into Nigerians in the supermarket or do you have to seek them out?  Can I come visit you?  Give us some Nigeria abroad view from Convictsland Aussieland.